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Excerpt from Scientific Dialogues, Intended for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young People, Vol. 2: In Which the First Principles of Natural and Experimental Philosophy Are Fully Explained; Of Hydrostatics, and Pneumatics
Perhaps in that part of the third volume which respects the specific gravities of b dies, the arithmetical operations, though rendered as familiar as the nature of the subject will admit of, may be deemed less easy than the other parts. To those young persons, however, who have studied the sub jcet of decimals, which is by no means a dificult part of arithmetic, no obstacle will present itself, even in the method of obtain ing, by experiment and calculation, the spe cific gravity of any body whetever. In some cases it may be desirable to pass over this part of the book till the reader be a little more grounded in arithmetical operations; but it would have been inexcusable in the author to have omitted it in his plan. The subject is important, and when understood. It will be found not less interesting than the other parts of the work. Authoxs in gene ral have not illustrated this branch of Hy dx ostatics in a manner suited to the appre. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
